Marhau Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Marhau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Marhau (29) may also be a first name.
Marhau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Marhau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Marhau has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Marhau? popularity and diffusion
The last name Marhau is the 4,116,508th most frequently occurring family name globally, held by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. The surname Marhau occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Marhau live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Marhau is also the 1,951,561st most common first name globally. It is borne by 29 people.
The last name Marhau is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 8,435,369. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Zamfara, where 76 percent live and Sokoto, where 24 percent live. Besides Nigeria it occurs in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 9 percent live.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Marhau
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